Word: refering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...activities [Sept. 20]. However, the discussion of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) confuses several separate projects. You note the success of the mini-OTEC facility and then state: "But a larger plant built in 1981 off Kailua-Kona, on Hawaii, was a $50 million failure." The larger plant you refer to was a Federal Government project, which was terminated owing to lack of federal funds. Contrary to your statement, Hawaii has not ordered designs for four new 10-megawatt OTEC plants. Rather, the Federal Government has granted awards to General Electric Co. and Ocean Thermal Corp. for the conceptual design...
...expect audiences to understand that some of Evita is fiction, for instance, the revolutionary narrator is superfluously identified as Che Guevara. As the program notes. "Che and Evita never met... when she was at the pinnacle of Argentine politics. Che was a student in medical school." Characters never even refer to Che by name. "I don't know why they didn't just call him Juan, or Roberto," Baker said in a press conference after the show, "instead of choosing someone controversial. Who is Che? What's he doing here...
...make matters worst for Napolitano, her lagal battle challenging Princeton disciplinary procedures propelled her cheating scandal into the national spotlight, where she was portrayed unsympathetically. Princeton students now refer to the former senior as "Gabby" Napolitano herself recently told The Princetonian that "the majority of the Princeton community has ostracized...
...System wide. I don't think there is any major complaint about our service," says Dr. Warren E C. Wacker, director of UHS Wacker says he believes the statistics in the complaint, though correct in themselves, constitute a "statistical aberration" because they refer only to a five-month period: in addition, he expresses dismay that the figures were apparently copied out of a BWH delivery log, in violation of patients' confidentiality rights...
...confused, refer to Stanley's Test-N-Tape Menu (registered product name). The Menu is available at the Educational Center, which if you happen to go to the Central Square branch office, consists of an oversized dentist's office on the third floor of a Mass. Ave. professional building. Just ask the receptionist at the counter for the cassette and booklet, surrendering your Stanley ID card and sharpening your two No. 2s. If you've been good, you can take a peppermint sucker from the big glass candy jar that Stanley keeps on the counter...